ARC Raiders continues to receive update and patches, and even though not all of them are equally big, they are all equally meaningful.
This time around, Embark Studios has gone for minor tweaks in an effort to curb exploits, cheats, and other unsportsmanlike behavior, sprinkling a bit of trolling and fun on top of it all in an entirely unique way to deal with nefarious players.
Here is everything included in the ARC Raiders 1.4.0 patch released on Nov. 27.
Everything included in ARC Raiders Patch 1.4.0
As stated in the intro, ARC Raiders Update 1.4.0 is a minor one, focusing primarily on fixing exploits and cheats that saw players glitching through locked doors to access great loot at no cost and those who utilized weapon swapping to increase their rate of fire.
These two fixes are a highlight of the patch, especially the former, where Embark Studios has implemented a mechanic that burns anyone glitching through doors to a crisp, leading to some fun and hilarious moments shared across social media. The exploit that allowed players to “shoot quicker than intended by swapping to a quick use item and back,” has also been patched, with shootouts now more likely to play out fairly and without cheating.
Outside of these focused fixes, the following has also been changed, tweaked, or introduced:
- Spaceport’s Control Tower locked room can no longer be accessed from the exterior.
- Low resolution textures should no longer appear in the main menu.
- Players cannot push one another by jumping on each others’ backs anymore.
- Lighting artifacts on map loading have been fixed.
- Raider Voice options stay after reloading the game.
While admittedly small, the patch’s quality-of-life fixes are going to make the game a better place, especially when it comes to players being disallowed from nefariously obtaining high-quality loot that usually requires keys (and, therefore, a lot of experience and luck).
